Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Campbell, Martin A. 1918
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Portland Review, 10 Dec 1918

Martin A. Campbell was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Campbell, of Portland 
township.  He was born here 24 years ago and graduated from the public 
schools.  He was captain of the football team and one of the moat daring 
players.  He went to Olivet college after his graduation here and then to 
Detroit.  When the call came to serve his country he was preparing to enter the 
Detroit Law School.  After a few weeks at Camp Custer he was sent overseas with 
the 85th.  For a time he was in London and then his folks heard he had gone to 
Russia.  Two days before the department notified them of Martin’s death the 
parents received two letters from him, dated Oct. 8 and 11.  He told them he 
never felt better and that he was having the time of his life.  He spoke of 
having met Fred DeLaney and Harry Wilbur in Russia.

The department’s telegram, received Monday, says it is officially reported that 
Corp Martin A. Campbell was accidentally killed Oct. 21.  Cause undetermined.  
From this it would appear that he was not killed in action.  The same qualities 
which made him one of the best football players the high school has produced 
would also lead him into places of danger, where others would hesitate to go.  
It is possible they also led him to his death.

Miss Dorothy Kenyon, a member of the 12th grade, Portland high school, had been 
looking forward with pleasant anticipations to the time when Corp. Campbell 
should return, because it had been practically settled that as soon as the war 
was over they would be married.  They saw each other as often as possible while 
Corp. Campbell was at Camp Custer and Miss Kenyon was one of the last to bid 
the soldier good-bye as he left Custer for overseas.

It was while Mr. Campbell was captain of the local football squad that Portland 
won the county championship – an event which meant much to the high school.


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